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is it an awful environment? maybe it isn't. >> actually it starts with endowment funds thinking about the long term. and when we look at the long term, i would say we're more optimistic, particularly about the u.s., than the current kind of thatter. a lot of secular things going on that make the u.s. look like a better place to invest for employer issues such as the shale oil, shale gas. >> right. >> issues such as better competitiveness with china. and so we're optimistic about the long-term. we have to get over this short-term problem, and i think -- >> do you advise clients -- you've put money with cliff for example. he used to be a private equity guy. what is your split between how you see private equity and how you see the world hedge fund? >> we continue to be a big proponent of private equity. if you look among our clients we typically have something like 8% to 10% in private equity and another 5% or 6% in venture. we're big proponents of that. what we liked about what cliff has done is they've taken a pr
is it an awful environment? maybe it isn't. >> actually it starts with endowment funds thinking about the long term. and when we look at the long term, i would say we're more optimistic, particularly about the u.s., than the current kind of thatter. a lot of secular things going on that make the u.s. look like a better place to invest for employer issues such as the shale oil, shale gas. >> right. >> issues such as better competitiveness with china. and so we're optimistic...
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i think american corporations have done a terrific job of coping with a tough regulatory environment, a tough financial. the aftermath of this financial crisis. a lot of negative publicity. and made a lot of money. >> we want to rise above. do we not have a debt ceiling right after that? >> the debt ceiling. the interesting question whether they're going to roll -- >> here's what i think. we haven't talked about this. so i say president obama allows us to go over the cliff temporarily so that all the rates go up. then the democrats introduce a bill to lower it for 9 %, do some other stiff -- 98%, do some other stuff they want to do. then the republicans say fine but we've got to hold the debt ceiling, that's the next bargaining chip. i don't think we can use rides above for the debt ceiling because we don't want to rise above the debt ceiling. we have to come one new buttons -- >> pins, the whole thing. yeah. that is a dilemma. what a polemic -- >> constantino is cutting me off. you're going to hold that against me? all right. >> you can hear the voice in my head. >> yeah. he's mad be
i think american corporations have done a terrific job of coping with a tough regulatory environment, a tough financial. the aftermath of this financial crisis. a lot of negative publicity. and made a lot of money. >> we want to rise above. do we not have a debt ceiling right after that? >> the debt ceiling. the interesting question whether they're going to roll -- >> here's what i think. we haven't talked about this. so i say president obama allows us to go over the cliff...
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. >> is it possible to ever get back to that in this environment? >> it is. you have a lot of problems with the piece. >> do you briyou believe if you rote deficit -- two different ways. you either keep the government that you have and pay for it by raising taxes, or you kind of leave taxes where they are and you shrink government down to where it pays for it. does it matter for the future and for growth which way you do it in your view? >> it does. if you put it all into like a tightening, so how much tightening occurs in the economy that would slow the economy, it's far better to actually reduce government spending than it is to actually raise taxes. >> although that hurts the economy, too. >> everything hurts the economy. so it's a question of which is most -- or least harmful and that tends to be cutting government spending. >> but i do think it's -- >> although tim geithner would disagree with me. >> one side wants to keep the government and entitlements like we have it. and the other side wants to take away all the excess government -- >> i think both s
. >> is it possible to ever get back to that in this environment? >> it is. you have a lot of problems with the piece. >> do you briyou believe if you rote deficit -- two different ways. you either keep the government that you have and pay for it by raising taxes, or you kind of leave taxes where they are and you shrink government down to where it pays for it. does it matter for the future and for growth which way you do it in your view? >> it does. if you put it all...
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., what they want to see is a stable environment to put that money to work. if we can get that capital into the u.s. that will be a stimulus program by itself. >> frits, we pending on how you look at the numbers there are peel who say these two proposals aren't that far off. if you look at the numbers on each side and maybe try to find some common ground in the middle, maybe get to $1.2 trillion, where do you go on spending cuts is the big question because that seems to be a little easier. do you think this needs to be a three to one when it comes to revenue versus revenue increase or three to one when it comes to spending cuts versus revenue increases? do you see one to one, what would make you feel good looking around the globe and looking at what -- >> i'm not a tax expert so i can't give you a precise ratio. what we need to do is see a program where, if you look at reasonable numbers, you could see that the debt-to-gdp ratio comes down over time. as we go from $16 trillion, as we cross that 100% mark, we start looking more and more like countries in europ
., what they want to see is a stable environment to put that money to work. if we can get that capital into the u.s. that will be a stimulus program by itself. >> frits, we pending on how you look at the numbers there are peel who say these two proposals aren't that far off. if you look at the numbers on each side and maybe try to find some common ground in the middle, maybe get to $1.2 trillion, where do you go on spending cuts is the big question because that seems to be a little...
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. >> it's a stuff environment right now. what do you tell them, go into a .6% cd? it's very difficult. what are you telling people to invest in right now, derek? >> i myself don't. i don't tell them what to -- i've been listening to you guys and you're the experts. >> uh-oh, then you're in trouble. >> yeah. and everybody watches you guys and everybody speculates and is guessing. it's a different thing. prudent, wise management is the sound way to go. >> but, derek, i would think the hardest part would be watching the prudent guy who thinks, i'm going to save my money, i'm not going to buy 20 cares and then and that, but then their teammate res. everybody else is doing it. isn't that so much the part of what's going on here, sort of the culture of it? >> there is a culture of it. and that's vary difficult thing to watch out for. it's very difficult for a player to control when they're young and they see the older guys doing foolish things. and then you can start a trend, keep the dressing room down. it's a different thing, no matter what you do or how you talk to th
. >> it's a stuff environment right now. what do you tell them, go into a .6% cd? it's very difficult. what are you telling people to invest in right now, derek? >> i myself don't. i don't tell them what to -- i've been listening to you guys and you're the experts. >> uh-oh, then you're in trouble. >> yeah. and everybody watches you guys and everybody speculates and is guessing. it's a different thing. prudent, wise management is the sound way to go. >> but, derek,...